7 proposals that could save animals from cruel traps
The traps are set near hiking trails, on public land, even in wildlife refuges. Their purpose: to capture bobcats and other wild animals whose pelts are exported to China, Russia, Canada and other countries.Coyote finds SF’s Bernal Heights to be a suitable hangout
He’s been spotted repeatedly in a vacant lot right next to some homes in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood. When our TV crew rolled up to the scene on Wednesday, it didn’t take long to spot the coyote.Should coyote hunting contests be banned?
Coyote hunting competitions were banned in California at the end of 2014, and wildlife advocates hoped to get a similar ban passed in Nevada late last year, but failed to persuade the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commission. The commission voted 5-2 against the ban, a...Emotions Run High as Fish and Game Considers Bobcat Trapping
Since the idea of a season on bobcats was first put on the table more than a year ago, that question has stirred up strong emotions, and those emotions came to a head Monday night. The proposal Fish and Game is weighing would let New Hampshire hunters and trappers...This Writer Knows Her Coyotes and She Can Sing, Too
Howling from the Mountain writer Christine Schadler wrote a song and sang it to accompany this week’s column.